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- Fast6
- Lightweight6
- Same API code for many transports (HTTP, Socket, etc)4
- Clear and declarative routing and controllers4
- Simple1
Pros of ExpressJS
- Simple380
- Node.js336
- Javascript244
- High performance193
- Robust routing152
- Middlewares73
- Open source71
- Great community59
- Hybrid web applications37
- Well documented16
- Rapid development9
- Sinatra inspired9
- Socket connection7
- Isomorphic js.. superfast and easy7
- Light weight5
- Resource available for learning4
- Npm4
- Event loop3
- Callbacks3
- Data stream2
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- Speed1
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- Not python27
- Overrated17
- No multithreading14
- Javascript9
- Not fast5
- Easily Insecure for Novices2
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What is Actionhero?
It is a multi-transport #nodejs API Server with integrated cluster capabilities and delayed tasks.
What is ExpressJS?
Express is a minimal and flexible node.js web application framework, providing a robust set of features for building single and multi-page, and hybrid web applications.
What is Pencil?
A web application microframework for Rust
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What are some alternatives to Actionhero, ExpressJS, and Pencil?
Flask
Flask is intended for getting started very quickly and was developed with best intentions in mind.
Django REST framework
It is a powerful and flexible toolkit that makes it easy to build Web APIs.
Sinatra
Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort.
FastAPI
It is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.
Koa
Koa aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs. Through leveraging generators Koa allows you to ditch callbacks and greatly increase error-handling. Koa does not bundle any middleware.